Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1887-05-16

emf OllSl;lSin aroused, llldi NIUE excuse re-
mains for the Toronto people to create a
disturbance
Perhaps
THE ENACT SITUATION
may best beascertained from Mr.. O'Brien
| himself, who spoke to an Associated Press
representative this afternoon Us follows:
Up Ia the present the result has more
| than answered my most SanguinC eNpeCta-
| tiunS. From end to end of this Province
OF Quebec although of course | have en-
c0uutcrtd Il good many opponents, | have
| not experienced the slightest mark of dis
courtesy, not To say violence. have met
some who doubted the adyiSability of
our visit, but | have not met single
one who having heard us, was not
| convinced that we had the amplcst and
most terrible justification for the course we
have taken / have been simply amazed
Mt the extent to which the prejudice SO
unscrupulouSly aroused against us has been
diSsipttcd in the course of the intercourse
with the people. The fact is our course is
due not to ourselves hut to the absolutely
manswerable strength OF our Indictment.
Ii is not too much to say that We can, some
threats 10 the contrary notwithstanding
challenge the opinion Of the people of the
province ofOutario with confidence.
Lord I.ansdowne is likely to
INVESTIGATE FOR HIMSELF
public opinion Of the Province OF Quebec
In Montreal itself find that within the
last two days the condemnation of Lord
IanSdowne hls become greatly intensified,
and is showing itself in quarters from
which least expected it, As for our cN-
periencc in Quebec, it. was 50 uniformly
satisfactory that although hgul the pleas
ure Of making the acquaintance
OF a very large number indeed
of the citizens oi all grades and
Of all nationalitieS | can honestly say
did not hear 4 single expression favorable
to Lord IAnsdOwnc, while his opponents
who attended our demonstration We're free
| in their Acknowledgements that the state
mcutS, il unrrbuttcd, were simply appall-
my. The result is, think, thoroughly
secured; that the Canadian people recOg-
niZc that Il case has been made, which
must be- answered Not single one
of Lord Transformers champions in tho
press has attempted to tackle the facts OF
| the controversy, although Lord l1nsdOwne
many weeks ago through his aide dc
camp, supplied them with his version oil
| the transactions His friends are reduced
| to two pleas, neither OF which will bear
| the light at robust public criticism for n
moment. The first is, that rs Governor
General, Lord l.ansdOwne is Sublimatcd
above the people whom hc rules and who
pay him. This is a doctrine 80
ANrIPICAL TO CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
that can scarce imagine how amy one in
structed i'm the rudimcnts of English con-
Stitutional history can for Il moment Seri'
ously PROFOUND it. The Queens civil list
is the one item Of expenditure which the
representatives of the people are not en-,
titled and bound TO cIticiSe in duty ia
their constituents. The fact that the Ca,
madam Parliament are called upon to vote
money for any person entities them and
the Canadian people 10 discuss with
the most absolute freedom the
purpose to which it is Ia
he put. Their right TO do 50 is in fact the
IA, 4. G. of the constitutional government.
Much more delicate topics than Lord Lans'
downe'S conduct in Ireland are constantly
discussed rs II matter of right and duty in
the Imperial House of Commons; with an
experience Of the expenses Of royal palaces
land even of the marriage dOwries which
the Queen asks for her children, IN Eng
ilSh constitutional lawyer would smile at
the suggestion that because the Queen can
do no wrong when acting rs the mOuth-piect
OF the State, that the Governor General,
paid by the Canadian people, can do III
wrong either, although II Is shown beyond
the possibility of denial that ne is using
Canadian money for the preparation OF ~
Injustice which the Canadian Parliament
has again and again denounced. lInS
dOwne's other plea is still more
washy one, namely, that his mOutl
is closed against the defense. Ii l.
own action and that ct his agent utterly
coniute il. He was himself the first to re-
sort to newspaper controversy on the sub
icct before | had an Opportunity, and the
inst to max an ~ p,irts and diSingenuou'
statement of his side of the case before
had any opportunity of answering him
He. through his aide-de-came, in Ottawa
and through his agent in Ireland, has
MADE HIMSELF LITERALLY HEARD
i'm his own defense in the newspapers Or
both sides of the Atlantic. 1t is, there
fore, prepoSterouS for him to close his dooD
against the newspaper interviewer now
when an adequate reply, If he can max,
one, would he most crushing. We have MOI
dealt with the subject III declamatorS
way, hut hy a plain array of facts
II they can Ice disputed our posi-
ton would he more seriously
damni6cd. than by a thousand attack:
with violence of the character with which
we are threatened ut Toronto and Kings
ton. IT, on the contrary, Lord Lans
downe allows Judgment to 90 10y default
it will now he impossible for him 10 con
=. ceal from the Canadian public that it il
. because there is absolutely no denying tn,
horrilying character of his proceedings il
Ireland
IF Won are refused permission to appea
in Toronto and Ottawa, what them
"Well, shall certainly exercise my
legal right and visit and speak at thoS
places. "
, Can they prevent yOu?"
, There IS
o. NOTHING IN TIE LAW or CANADA II
b PREVENT
me carving out my intention, and Will
| should most deeply regret that our viSi
should occasion the smallest interruption
of domestic tranquility in Canada, fee
, coerced rs u matter of life and death 10
> nearly five hundred cruelty OppresSe'
, Irish tenants to go right ahea'
, and arouse honest public opinion agaius
, these atrocities. | should be sorry t
. anticipate that these rumOrs of war haV
any serious significance. should beqmt